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COMEDY OF ERRORS, THE
by William Shakespeare

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Genre Comedy
Previews from 22 Nov 2011
Opens 29 Nov 2011
Booking to 01 Apr 2012
Closes 01 Apr 2012
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Performers Lenny Henry (Antipholus of Syracuse); Claudie Blakley (Adriana), Clare Cathcart, Chris Jarman (Antipholus of Ephesus), Lucian Msamati (Dromio of Syracuse), Joseph Mydell (Aegeon), Pamela Nomvete, Daniel Poyser (Dromio of Ephesus), Amit Shah, Michelle Terry (Luciana), Marcus Adolphy, Tom Anderson, Paul Bentall, Ian Burfield, Silas Carson, Adrian Hood, Yvonne Newman, Rhiannon Oliver, Jude Owusu, Simon Parrish, Grace Thurgood, Everal A Walsh , Rene Zagger.
Director Dominic Cooke
Design Bunny Christie
Lighting Paule Constable
Choreography
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Sound Christopher Shutt
Producer National Theatre
Synopsis Two sets of twins separated at birth collide in the same city without meeting for one crazy day, as multiple mistaken identities lead to confusion on a grand scale. And for no one more so than Antipholus of Syracuse and his servant Dromio who, in search of their brothers, arrive in a land entirely foreign to their distant home. A buzzing metropolis, to the outsiders it appears a place of wonderment and terror, where baffling gifts and unexplained hostilities abound.
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Other Info Staged in a contemporary world.
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SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER
by Oliver Goldsmith

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Genre Comedy
Previews from 24 Jan 2012
Opens 31 Jan 2012
Booking to 21 Apr 2012
Closes 21 Apr 2012
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Performers David Fynn, Harry Hadden-Paton, John Heffernan, Cush Jumbo, Katherine Kelly (Kate Hardcastle), Steve Pemberton (Mr Hardcastle), Gavin Spokes and Sophie Thompson (Mrs Hardcastle).
Director Jamie Lloyd
Design Mark Thomson
Lighting Neil Austin
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Sound The Ringham Brothers
Producer National Theatre
Synopsis Hardcastle, a man of substance, looks forward to acquainting his daughter with his old pal’s son with a view to marriage. But thanks to playboy Lumpkin, he’s mistaken by his prospective son-in-law Marlow for an innkeeper, his daughter for the local barmaid. The good news is, while Marlow can barely speak to a woman of quality he’s a charmer with those of a different stamp. And so, as Hardcastle’s indignation intensifies, Miss Hardcastle’s appreciation for her misguided suitor soars. Misdemeanours multiply, love blossoms, mayhem ensues.
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COLLABORATORS
by John Hodge

Genre Drama
Previews from 30 Apr 2012
Opens 30 Apr 2012
Booking to 23 Jun 2012
Closes 23 Jun 2012
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Performers Alex Jennings (Bulgakov), Simon Russell Beale (Stalin) , Lloyd Hutchinson (Vladimir), Sarah Annis,Marcus Cunningham,Jacqueline Defferary,Patrick Godfrey,Michael Jenn,Jess Murphy,William Postlethwaite,Pierce Reid,Nick Sampson,Maggie Service,Perri Snowdon.
Director Nicholas Hytner
Design Bob Crowley
Lighting Jon Clark
Choreography
Costume
Sound Paul Arditti
Producer National Theatre
Synopsis Moscow, 1938. A dangerous to place to have a sense of humour; even more so a sense of freedom. Mikhail Bulgakov, living among dissidents, stalked by secret police, has both. And then he’s offered a poisoned chalice: a commission to write a play about Stalin to celebrate his sixtieth birthday.
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Other Info A transfer from the Cottesloe Theatre
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ANTIGONE
by Sophocles, in a version by Don Taylor

Genre Drama
Previews from 23 May 2012
Opens 30 May 2012
Booking to 20 Jun 2012
Closes
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Performers Jodie Whittaker (Antigone)
Director Polly Findlay
Design Soutra Gilmour
Lighting Mark Henderson
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Producer National Theatre
Synopsis Desperate to gain control over a city ravaged by civil war, Creon refuses to bury the body of Antigone’s rebellious brother. Outraged, she defies his edict. Creon condemns the young woman, his niece, to be buried alive. The people daren’t object but the prophet Teiresias warns that this tyranny will anger the gods: the rotting corpse is polluting the city. Creon hesitates and his fate is sealed.
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Venue Details

Olivier at National Theatre (NT)
South bank, London, SE1 9PX
(south side of Waterloo Bridge)
Tube: Waterloo
Tel: 020 7452 3000

Lyttelton, NT
Cottesloe, NT
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